A Blessing to My Heart

My friend Haley and I have had the wonderful privilege of heading up this years Creative Ministries team for our BCM. The team is supposed to use skits and creative movements to songs to help share the Gospel and lead in worship. Before the semester started, Haley and I talked about this year- what we expected, what we wanted to see, what we wanted this group to be. And God blew our minds!

We decided that we wanted to encourage unity in our group, especially after helpful hints from previous leaders. We wanted our group to be a team, to be a family. Haley and I (again at the wonderful advice we received) that every practice would include a devotion to focus our efforts for the night. We decided that we would take turns, but that if someone volunteered we would willingly step back.

You should have seen the looks we got when we first shared with them that idea!! They looked at us like Haley and I each had just turned purple with shiny silver polka dots. Ok, that was fine; we were prepared for that. And then by the end of the semester, we had to tell people "Um, maybe you can share in a couple of weeks, we've already got people lined up for the next couple." WHAT?!?!?! When did that happen??

I literally got to see Ephesians 3:20-21 lived out:

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Our group has come to practice faithfully and practiced hard- yes. But more than that- our group has become a family. We are the church. We share our God stories. And it has been amazing to see one person's God story directly affect another's. They have helped each other and God is already using their stories- some of them shared for the FIRST time this semester. They are selflessly sharing themselves to help their brothers and sisters. We (I) have cried a ton. We've also laughed a ton. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this group  is God-loving and God-serving.

Here they are! Aren't they precious?!?

Sadly, this isn't all of them, but this is most.

I did mention the laughs, right??

I love them all. They've taught me a lot this semester, and I can't wait to get back to weekly practices in January. God is using this group He put together, and it just makes me so excited!!!